Comments on: Is The Google Phone A Sham? 7 Reasons Why http://tinycomb.com/2008/09/24/5-reasons-the-google-phone-is-a-sham/ Hand Picked Tech News. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:56:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: The Android Market Is Officially Open : tinyComb http://tinycomb.com/2008/09/24/5-reasons-the-google-phone-is-a-sham/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 The Android Market Is Officially Open : tinyComb Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:49:35 +0000 http://tinycrunch.com/?p=1003#comment-1005 [...] Check out our intriguing recent post dealing with skepticism regarding the new G1 here. [...] [...] Check out our intriguing recent post dealing with skepticism regarding the new G1 here. [...]

]]> By: Carrie Jones http://tinycomb.com/2008/09/24/5-reasons-the-google-phone-is-a-sham/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Carrie Jones Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:20:29 +0000 http://tinycrunch.com/?p=1003#comment-624 This phone is such a fucking sham. How long will it be before TMobile has to pay Paris Hilton 2 million dollars to say this is the phone she uses over the iPhone? My guess is a couple weeks. This phone is such a fucking sham. How long will it be before TMobile has to pay Paris Hilton 2 million dollars to say this is the phone she uses over the iPhone? My guess is a couple weeks.

]]> By: jason http://tinycomb.com/2008/09/24/5-reasons-the-google-phone-is-a-sham/comment-page-1/#comment-623 jason Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:42:12 +0000 http://tinycrunch.com/?p=1003#comment-623 You're right James. Is it Google's fault or are they too falling victim to the Carriers? We'll I'll tell you it's the carriers. The internet was created as an entirely open enviornment and it was a brand new innovation. Telecom has been around forever and they are not going to budge for anyone. This is a scary place especially to be a startup because when push comes to shove, no carrier is going to throw you on a deck. You’re right James. Is it Google’s fault or are they too falling victim to the Carriers? We’ll I’ll tell you it’s the carriers. The internet was created as an entirely open enviornment and it was a brand new innovation. Telecom has been around forever and they are not going to budge for anyone. This is a scary place especially to be a startup because when push comes to shove, no carrier is going to throw you on a deck.

]]> By: James Salamone http://tinycomb.com/2008/09/24/5-reasons-the-google-phone-is-a-sham/comment-page-1/#comment-622 James Salamone Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:54:49 +0000 http://tinycrunch.com/?p=1003#comment-622 Well I'm done being pumped up by Google about this phone and it's not even out yet.....Why you ask??? Well in the fine print on its G1 site: "If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data throughput for the remainder of that cycle may be reduced to 50 kbps or less." BUT IT GET WORSE!! They can even stop your plan for good..just because I got a cool new phone and want to be a power user!! Let me break it down: 50 kilobits per second is roughly 6 kilobytes per second -- about the speed of the dialup modem One gigabyte is about how much it takes to download the equivalent of a few albums, a decent quality movie, and a decent quality TV episode -- not much. Add to that whatever email, Web browsing, file downloading, app downloading, and whatever else you'll be doing, and it wouldn't be far-fetched for the power users that Google is courting to hit that 1 gigabyte cap -- 34 MB a day -- on a regular basis. In closing I just want to remind you AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint -- offer a more liberal cap: 5 gigabytes I LOVE YOU GOOGLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!...before it's to late Well I’m done being pumped up by Google about this phone and it’s not even out yet…..Why you ask???

Well in the fine print on its G1 site: “If your total data usage in any billing cycle is more than 1GB, your data throughput for the remainder of that cycle may be reduced to 50 kbps or less.” BUT IT GET WORSE!! They can even stop your plan for good..just because I got a cool new phone and want to be a power user!!

Let me break it down: 50 kilobits per second is roughly 6 kilobytes per second — about the speed of the dialup modem

One gigabyte is about how much it takes to download the equivalent of a few albums, a decent quality movie, and a decent quality TV episode — not much. Add to that whatever email, Web browsing, file downloading, app downloading, and whatever else you’ll be doing, and it wouldn’t be far-fetched for the power users that Google is courting to hit that 1 gigabyte cap — 34 MB a day — on a regular basis.

In closing I just want to remind you AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint — offer a more liberal cap: 5 gigabytes

I LOVE YOU GOOGLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!…before it’s to late

]]> By: CGlue http://tinycomb.com/2008/09/24/5-reasons-the-google-phone-is-a-sham/comment-page-1/#comment-621 CGlue Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:44:37 +0000 http://tinycrunch.com/?p=1003#comment-621 Like I said WACK! Like I said WACK!

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